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Sorry SBYRD5 and Blanka09,
I have no sympathy for the "black man's burden". Just because there was a history of enslavement and just because I happen to be white doesn't constitute to me being sorry in any form or manner - you are responsible for your OWN actions. NO EXCUSES.
Everyday, I hear blacks make excuses that they are poor, in ghettos, uneducated, mistreated because of the white man when it is their own mistakes that has led them to their own downfall. I personally grew up in a "ghetto" neighborhood and my family and I worked incredibly hard to get to where we are now. We were poorer than most of the blacks and had to go through the everyday dangers of robberies, rapes, filth, and other influxes of crime. I even grew up through a long period of abuse but I still made it. I simply can't accept somebody placing the blame on others because of their own inadequacies.
So how about this...
Put yourself in the shoes of a REAL woMAN and imagine spending 70% of your time alone because your parents are always working to survive, living through poverty, learning to be self-sufficient, graduating school, dealing with everyday abuse and crime.
I also find it annoying that most Blacks have forgotten or do not know that their own kind sold slaves to white settlers. Black tribe leaders are to be blamed as much as the early white settlers for their teachings of slavery they passed down to generations. As a matter of fact, slavery still exists in some states of Africa and is practiced today along with polygamy and mistreatment of women.
This is not to discourage anybody here but it's the simple truth that people always overlook. Both sides are to blame here regarding slavery. I also find people pathetic when they hurt or blame others because of their own insecurities - like that ugly bully who beats up other kids, like the guy that blames everything on one race because because he is lacking, the parent that hurts their kid because of their own failure, etc.